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andria have bough the Braddock House
there.
Snow fell on the Peaks of Otter, Va,
Saturday-the first snow since 81 so late
in the season.
Hannibal Hamlin elected in 1860 is now
the only living Ex-Vice President. lie
will be rs in Aug.
Nashville ladies have formed an associa-
ton to erect monument TO Tennessee's
Confederate dead.
The New Hampshire legislature yester-
day elected VIM. E. Chandler to fill out the
late Senator Pixies term.
The Va. state democratic executive com
mittee met Yesterday in Richmond to fix
time and place for the convention.
Gov. Lee and Gems. Imboden, Averill
and Jackson attended the memorial day
exercises in Stapnton last Thursday.
Ex-Secretary Manning and family re-
turned from Europe on Saturday. Mr..
Manning is much improved in health.
A fine blooded horse that Mr.. Bardeli
was riding near ParkCrsburg fell dead from
fright at meeting some performing bears.
senator Keuna delivered the prizes at Mt.
de Chantal, Wheeling, ibis week. a daugh-
ter of the Senator is graduate this year.
Jacob Welch of Richie county, cut
down q hollow maple the other day from
which ran twenty-seyen full-grown squirrels.
Gov. C. C. Stephenson, the Republican
Governor Of Nevada, is the brother of Coy.
+. 4. Stevenson, the Democratic Governor
of Idaho.
NJ. Il. Farley, manager of the City Elec-
trio Light Works, at Danville, Va, shot
and killed George W. Garner, aged Is.
Cause jealousy.
At Parkersburg the Salvation Army"
people have been fined for holding night
parades contrary to the new municipal law
torbiding them.
Right Rev. VIM. Bacon Stevens, d. d.,
IL d., Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsyl
yana, of the p f. Church, died in Phila-
delphia Saturday.
The President got back to Washington
last Friday night That a. m. breakfasted
with Gov Hilf at Albany. Mrs. G. tarred
in Oswego visiting.
Mrs. Mary Outwater White, aged 81,
wife of ex-President Andrew ID. White, of
Cornell University, fell dead, last week of
paralysis of the heart.
Twenty thousand citizens of st. Louis
signed an invitation to the President to
visit that city. 1t looks as if St. Louis
really wants to see him.
The original Hermann, the famous pres
tidigitateur died in Germany last week
aged 66. The Hermann now travelling in
the L. 5. was his assistant.
Dan Rice, the veteran Snowman, has
married Mrs. NJ. c. Robinson, a wealthy
widow and owner of one of the finest cattle
ranches in Layaca County, Tex.
Bunco men have lately swindled the far
mers in several Pennsylvania counties.
VIM Lightfoot of Cumberland lost $1,000,
L. Devinney of York 81, 600 etc.
Headed by Gov Lee, 10 ex-Confeds from
Hampton, Va, will 20 to Boston this month
as guests of the Grand Army boys and car
ry flag with r. L. Lees portrait thereon.
Gen. James Speed, Lincon's Attorney
General. who has been i'll at his home in
Louisville, Ky, is improving. 1t was sta
ted last week that he was rapidly sinking.
dress at the Columbian University COM
mcncement in Washington yesterday week
his theme the need of collegiate study of
politics.
Mrs Cleveland's note-paper aud envel-
opc> are stamped with the words "Execu-
tive Mansion, Washington" in small silver
capitals, and the seal in white wax bears
her monogram.
W. W. Corcoran, the Washington mil
lionaire, has well nigh recovered from his
paralytic attack Years ago Mr.. C. select
cd his pall-bearers -l2 gentlemen. He has
outiyed all but two.
4 Sumter Is. c. beau wears for watch
charm front tooth of his sweetheart, on
one side of which is heavy amalgam fill
ing. On this iilling he has had engraved
his monogram and hers.
The Richmond and Danyille authorities
will it is said assist the charities parties in
making preliminary surveys Of the propos-
ed Mineral Railroad from St:asburg to the
coal fields Of West Virginia.
News has been received at Manson, Cal
houn county, Iowa, that Rev DIR. Reid, who
LEFT that place last winter to become a mis-
sionary in Central Africa, had been killed
and eaten by a tribe Of cannibals.
Secretary Lamar has been invited to de-
liver the Grafton at the Tammany Hall
Fourth of July celebration. Gov. Lee,
Senator Daniel and Hon. J. Randolph
Tucker are expected to participate.
Rain storms have done great damage to
farms, roads and bridges in this State and
Ohio Lightning wrecked the Methodist
church at New Martinsville Hooyersvlle
Pa, flooded and 100 families homeless.
His friends and co-teachers have erected
4 monument at Oak Hi cemetery, George
town to the late John E. Thompson, the
veteran public school teacher in Washing
ton who died in IS. He was Virginian
by birth.
Thieves rifed the newly laid cornerstone
of the German Lutheran Church, of Bridge
port opposite Wheeling, w. Va, and car
RED off considerable sum of money-Uni-
ted states and foreign-and a number of
rare coins.
The President is to be invited to St. JOS